#AA2F42#AA2F42

#AA2F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.158 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA2F42
RGB	rgb(170, 47, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.54, 50.79, 18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.54, 54.03, 19.94°)
OKLab	oklab(49.86% 0.1519 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(49.86% 0.158 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5793, 10.9751, 6.2933)
Luminance	0.1097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA2F42 #2FAA97

analogous

#AA2F7F #AA2F42 #AA5A2F

triadic

#AA2F42 #42AA2F #2F42AA

tetradic

#AA2F42 #7FAA2F #2FAA97 #5A2FAA

square

#AA2F42 #7FAA2F #2FAA97 #5A2FAA

split-complementary

#AA2F42 #2FAA5A #2F7FAA

monochromatic

#4A141D #7A222F #AA2F42 #CD495E #DA7988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#AA2F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#AA2F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA2F42

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA2F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA2F42	1.00	6.57	3.19	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F673F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0A37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa2f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 47, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.158 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7176',
    500: '#aa2f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa2f42;
$custom-light: #ca7176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa2f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.732,
    "s": 56.682,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4986,
    "c": 0.15843,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA2F42

secondary

#72C2B6

accent

#E0C848

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA2F42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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